Word order

Next, we’ll look at the way that the parts of a simple sentence (tense marker, verb and agent) are ordered in each language. This is quite different.

We'll use this example:

In the English sentence, the order is:

In the Māori sentence, the order is:

It is easier to see the order of the Māori sentence if we write it out like this:

Here are some more examples.

Don’t worry if they don’t make much sense yet - this is just about getting used to seeing the order: Tense Marker + Verb + Agent